A woman ordered takeout just to ask the delivery guy to get rid of a spider, and she’s our new hero

Her housemates were away at the time, so Sweeney — who's had a lifelong fear of spiders — started frantically messaging friends and family for advice.

She eventually decided to enlist the help of a food delivery service to get rid of the arachnid.

Arachnophobia, or the fear of spiders, is one of the most common phobias in the world — and if you have it, chances are you do everything possible to avoid coming into contact with the creepy crawlers.

For Demi Sweeney, a 22-year-old criminology student in Bournemouth, England, that meant enlisting the help of a food delivery driver to get rid of the eight-legged creature that was hanging outside her bedroom at home.

"I have always been scared of spiders, but last summer [it] got so bad that I barely slept," Sweeney told INSIDER. "It's quite severe."

Sweeney, whose roommates were away when she noticed the spider, started messaging friends and family for help. One friend suggested she order food delivery and ask the driver to take care of it for her.

"I'm way too scared to even get close [to a spider]," Sweeney told INSIDER. "Usually there would always be someone at hand to help; however, as my housemates were away and friends were all busy elsewhere, I had no other options."

Before placing her order, Sweeney messaged the food delivery service Deliveroo on Twitter to see if the driver might be willing to add "spider removal" to his list of services that night.

"You can most certainly request this in the 'delivery note' section when placing your order," Deliveroo wrote back. "The only thing is, our rider may be more afraid of [spiders] than you are."

With nothing left to lose, Sweeney ordered food from KFC and waited for help to arrive. And as it turns out, Deliveroo was right: The driver, identified only as Joe, was also scared of spiders. Luckily for Sweeney, he agreed to do what he could to help.

After a minor scare in which the spider tried to escape Joe's clutches, the kind delivery driver was able to catch the spider and flush it down the toilet.

Sweeney, naturally, tweeted about the whole ordeal and effusively shared her appreciation for Deliveroo's help. Deliveroo replied and let her know Joe would be rewarded for the gesture.

After everything, would Sweeney be willing to use the same approach the next time a spider threatened her life?

"I would most definitely order again if I saw another, although it may get expensive," she said. "The following day I did get a security guard's number who lives opposite [me], so he will be my future emergency contact!"

Let's just hope Joe was tipped handsomely for his heroism.

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